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by magicseth 4y ago
One of my favorite versions of this trick was invented by Martin Gardner and actually uses a timing attack... on your brain! [0] Without apparently telling the magician anything, you end up giving enough information to uniquely identify you
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by magicseth 4y ago
And this may not be the effect you are going for, but you could make the final twitter link go to a specific tweet, where you say "I was hoping you would copy the 3 of diamonds!" and it would be right :-)
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by magicseth 4y ago
Very fun! If you wanted to add one more level of misdirection, the first cards could be textarea that you have to select with your mouse and hit ctrl-c to copy ;-) This would hide a bit of the method for the twitter reveal. -Seth (I also m
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by magicseth 5y ago
I'm pretty sure mine were some of the criticism you heard ;-) My critique largely focused on the imperialist attitude of the project: Negroponte described the project with hope that it would be as impactful as the "Niña, the Pinta
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Proof-of-work for your Git commits(github.com)
3 points by magicseth 5y ago|0 comments
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by magicseth 6y ago
I haven't! What aspect is similar?
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by magicseth 6y ago
Hopefully it's fixed now!
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by magicseth 6y ago
Thanks!! Apparently this: width: calc(100px / 100vw); Is not valid in Firefox!
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by magicseth 6y ago
A combination of vw and vh were ultimately how I decided to tackle the problem. I'm very happy with the amount of control and flexibility I ended up with on my slightly design heavy website. Https://magicseth.com/
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by magicseth 6y ago
I feel many of the comments here are akin to saying "laying out in documents latex is hard, if you can't figure it out you're not ready to write" while the author of the article is saying "I think writing documents
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by magicseth 6y ago
I made a free podcast episode that can read your mind! https://www.patreon.com/posts/take-card-free-45313834
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by magicseth 6y ago
Sorry it can take a while to load the podcast the first time.
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by magicseth 6y ago
I'm open to feedback! Mostly.... did it work? I build a lot of things and it's hard to find people to "practice" on. I'd prefer if you don't share how it's done yet... I'll be posting an explanation o
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Show HN: My podcast reads your mind(web.descript.com)
2 points by magicseth 6y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Where are the Beautiful clean HTML/CSS templates?
134 points by magicseth 6y ago|49 comments
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by magicseth 6y ago
I would love this in my editor: if I search for day = 'friday' I want it to find day="friday" also!
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Magician's assistant who knows JavaScript and video editing
1 points by magicseth 6y ago|0 comments
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by magicseth 6y ago
Do you have a solution for ebook dedrm? I've been struggling to automate my flow recently! edit: fix the autocorrect
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by magicseth 6y ago
I've built a website to help magicians keep track of their tricks, and to give each other notes on performances: https://trick.app And documenting how I use magic in tech innovation on my podcast at magicseth.com
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by magicseth 6y ago
I'm a magician who invents new technology at a FAANG. I've started posting podcasts showing how I use the magician's toolset to invent new technology that's focused on doing the impossible in a way that meets users needs
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by magicseth 7y ago
My brother is working on this full time right now. He's currently tying in a database of who has shelter-in-place requirements!
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Should I Quarantine?(shouldiquarantine.com)
4 points by magicseth 7y ago|3 comments
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by magicseth 7y ago
17 is the favorite number of David Kelly, a mathematician and professor of Hampshire College. He loves it for a very large number of reasons. He was instrumental in creating a summer camp at Hampshire which has trained many young brilliant
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by magicseth 7y ago
Not quite the same, but there are networks of people that reporters can reach out to when they want a quote or a piece for a story. They send out prompts and people with relevant experience can reply: https://www.helpareporter.c
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by magicseth 7y ago
This game console is backed by Scratch, so kids can hack the games and add "glitches" while they're playing it. It's made by the same team that made Makey Makey.
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Hack and Glitch Video Games on the Game Bender Console(kickstarter.com)
7 points by magicseth 7y ago|1 comments
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Scratch Console: GameBender: The Invention Gaming System(kickstarter.com)
3 points by magicseth 7y ago|0 comments
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by magicseth 7y ago
It's on the site!
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by magicseth 7y ago
The full answer is on the site!
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by magicseth 7y ago
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